Skeletal remains found near Sarita, Falfurrias

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Border Patrol agents in area stations found skeletal remains on ranches near Sarita and Falfurrias.

On Dec. 28, Border Patrol agents at the Kingsville station were contacted by a rancher who found skeletal remains, according to a news release.

Border Patrol agents, a Kenedy County Sheriff's Office deputy and a justice of the peace arrived at the ranch near Sarita where they found a Salvadoran identification card, the release states.

On Tuesday, an aircraft from the Air and Marine Operations spotted human remains while in the air near Falfurrias. Agents, a Brooks County Sheriff's Office deputy and a justice of the peace arrived to the area, the release states. No identification was found and the remains were taken to a funeral home.

The same day, Brooks County Sherriff's Office officials contacted Border Patrol agents at the Falfurrias station about more skeletal remains that were found. Deputies and agents arrived to a ranch in Falfurrias where they found identification that led officials to believe the person was a Guatemalan national, the release states.

Skeletal remains were also found on a ranch near Encino, about 20 miles south of Falfurrias. Officials found identification cards from Mexico, but it is unknown if they belonged to the person, the release states.

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